Stategic Influence Handbook 2016

80 81 THALES GROUP INTERNAL THALES GROUP INTERNAL STRATEGIC INFLUENCE HANDBOOK - EUROPE KAS (K onrad A denauer F oundation ) 12 Rathausallee 53757 Sankt Augustin GERMANY Phone: +49 2241 246-0 https://www.kas.de Thales Ranking 39 th GGTTI Ranking 11 th Worldwide non US /6 th Western Europe POLITICAL, DEMOCRACY Founded in 1955, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) is is a German political party foundation asso- ciated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In Germany, 16 regional offices offer a wide variety of civic education conferences and events. Globally, the KAS has 107 offices and runs programs in more than 100 countries (including France, USA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Spain, India, Argentina, Chile). The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. promotes liberal democracy, social market economy and the develop- ment and consolidation of value consensus throughout Germany, Europe and the world. • Revenues: €172,47M in 2018 (US $190,02M) • Expenses: €126,59M in 2018 (US $139,47M) • Funding: largely financed by federal and Land government funds. 99 % of the funds come from public remittances ; 0,8 % are derived from admission charges and miscellaneous revenues ; private revenues (income from funds and donations) account for another 0,2 % • VIP scholars and former scholars • Christian WULFF: Former President of Germany, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony • Peter ALTMAIER: Chief of the German Chancellery Federal Minister for Special Affairs, former Minis- ter for the Environment • Thomas ENDERS: CEO of Airbus Group Executives: • Chairman: Dr. Norbert LAMMERT. Former President of the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag • General secretary: Michael THIELEN • Deputy Chairman: Dr. Beate NEUSS. German Political Scientist • Deputy Chairman: Hildigund NEUBERT. Former Member of the East German opposition • Honorary Chairman: Dr. Bernhard VOGEL. Former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Governance Resources Comments Missions Structure & Activités Research topics: • Brexit / Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union • Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy: energy revolution, global resource issues, climate negotia- tions and sustainability policy • Digitalisation • European and International Politics: Foreign and Security Policy, transatlantic partnership, European integration, solidarity with developing countries • Education and Research • Social Market Economy • State and Society Medias and last publications: • International Report: Last: Issue 3, “The End of Arms Control?”, September 2019 • The political opinion: Last: Issue 557, “Entgleist? Wandel der Sprach- und Debattenkultur », July 2019 • KAS International: News from the department of Europe and International Cooperation. Last: 1/2018 The KAS consists of 6 departments: • The Academy located in Berlin, which hosts symposia, conferences, meetings, and exhibitions in order to analyze relevant societal and political issues in a public setting. • The Archive for Christian Democratic Policy (ACDP) documents and researches Christian Democracy’s historical development. • The department for European and International Cooperation engages itself with international politics • The Politics and Consulting department is the think tank of the KAS. • The department for Civic Education • The Scholarships and Cultural Activities INDEX Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, Elected President of the European Commission, gave the tenth European speech of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 8/11/2019